The All-State Art Symposium Mission

The annual All-State Art Symposium is dedicated to promoting and recognizing the creative talents of high school students from Georgia's school districts. The symposium's workshops, juried exhibition and other events provide high school students with cultural opportunities, develop advanced studio skills, and cultivate aesthetic appreciation while recognizing excellence in high school art education. Through the dynamic symposium, students, parents and teachers celebrate creativity and the symbiotic relationship of art and society.

High school art students compete at three adjudication levels: High School, District, and State.

Submissions: All submissions files must be named in the following format: [Student first initial and last name][Number of submission]- [High school initials]-[D and district number]

For example Jane Doe from Washington High School in District 2 would submit her two files as Jdoe1-WHS-D2.jpgJdoe2-WHS-D2.jpg

**Any files not submitted in this format will be returned to sender for correction.**

High School Level:Each individual teacher may submit up to five pieces of artwork in any combination of students and in any media to the district level adjudication. Each school is restricted to no more than 20 individual artwork submissions, so teachers from the same school should coordinate submissions. Schools submitting more than 20 artwork will be required to resubmit.

District/Regional Level: Up to 33% of all artwork submitted by each district will be chosen by the district judge as “District Finalists” and will move to the state level adjudication.

State Level: All artwork selected as District Finalists will be eligible for consideration by the state judge to become “State Winners." State winners will be invited to exhibit their work at the 2018 All-State Art Symposium to be held at Columbus State University’s Corn Center for the Visual Arts on the beautiful RiverPark Campus.

Levels and Awards:

District Finalists advance to state level adjudication.

State Winners Students advance to the exhibition.

All EXHIBITING “State Winners” will be considered for awards by the state judge. Award winners and their teachers will be recognized at the Awards Ceremony during the All-State Art Symposium.

Submission, Notification and Exhibition

Teacher Level Adjudication and Submission: Instructions on how to enter artwork through the online submission site are available at the submission portal.

Artwork Submission Schedule: The online portal for uploading digital files of student artwork by high school teachers will be open Monday, October 23 and will close at 11:59pm on Friday, December 8. The deadline will not be extended or reopened for any reason

Notification of Selected Works: All-State District Finalists will be notified through their teachers after District jurying. All-State Winners will be notified and invited for exhibition through their teachers after State jurying.

Artwork Shipping and Delivery

Hand Delivery Instructions: : All artwork invited for exhibition may be hand delivered to Jon Lumpkin in The Corn Center at CSU’s RiverPark Campus (see address below) during the following days only: 921 Front Avenue Columbus, GA 31901

February 22: 12 - 4pm February 23: 12 - 4pm February 24: 12 - 4pm

Shipping Instructions: All artwork invited for exhibition must be shipped at your expense and include a return shipping label if you are not planning to pick up in person. All shipments MUST be postmarked no later than January 31, 2018.

Artwork Return Shipping: Artwork will be return shipped ONLY if the original submission included a pre-paid shipping label from the USPS, UPS, or FedEx.

Questions

For any questions, please send an email to the address below. For fastest service, please type "All-State Question" in the subject field. Please allow up to 2 business days for a response. ArtSymposium@columbusstate.edu

Judges

DISTRICT LEVEL JUDGE

Jerushia Graham

Photo by Neda Abghari

Jerushia Graham is currently the Museum Coordinator for the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking. The Atlanta-based artist exhibits both nationally and internationally. She earned an MFA in Book Arts/Printmaking from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and BFA degrees in Fabric Design and Printmaking from the University of Georgia in Athens. Graham was previously the Education Director for Atlanta Printmakers Studio as well as an arts professor for Kennesaw State University, the University of West Georgia, and the Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur. She has developed arts programming for The Hudgens Center for Art & Learning, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, The African American Museum of Philadelphia, the Fabric Workshop & Museum, Spiral Q Puppet Theater and many community arts centers. She’s also produced curatorial projects for the Zora Neale Hurston Museum in Eatonville, FL and The Hudgens Center for Art and Learning in Duluth, GA. Graham is interested in building collaborative arts experiences between the museum and other organizations.

STATE LEVEL JUDGE

Rachel Reese

Rachel Reese is Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at Telfair Museums in Savannah, GA. She is a curator, arts writer, and independent publisher. Reese holds an MFA from City College New York and a BFA from the University of Georgia. Reese has held positions at Atlanta Contemporary, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery in Philadelphia; Deitch Projects, Petzel Gallery and Andrew Kreps Gallery in New York. As an arts writer, Reese was the former editor of BURNAWAY Magazine in Atlanta, and her writing and artist interviews appear in BOMB Daily, Temporary Art Review, TWELV Magazine, and ART PAPERS, among others. She has taught Critical Issues art courses at PAFA in Philadelphia and Georgia State University in Atlanta. At Telfair Museums since 2015, she has curated exhibitions with Nick Cave, William Wegman, Triple Candie, and a group exhibition titled Generation with Iraqi-Canadian artists Sawsan AlSaraf, Sundus Abdul Hadi and Tamara Abdul Hadi; Reese is opening 2018 exhibitions with Carrie Mae Weems, and Atlanta-based Paul Stephen Benjamin in January.

Workshops

Teachers will receive all information and documentation pertaining to workshop registration from the Department of Art via email.

Anyone under 18 MUST have a waiver form signed by a parent or guardian.

Waivers must be hand delivered by each individual student during the check in process. They will be exchanged for name badges and workshop assignments. Waivers will no longer be accepted in a classroom/school packet format.

All workshops require pre-registration and are tentative based on the number of participants. Space is limited and available on a “first-come, first-serve” basis until the day of the All-State Art Symposium. Register early!

Workshops, Lectures, and Demonstrations

All-State Art Symposium Workshops are now set up and participants may register on a first-come-first serve basis. The workshops include printmaking, graphic design, book arts, metal working, installation art, art history, painting, and others. All participating teachers will receive an email link to the registration site and a required waiver form at the same time on February 1st. Properly signed waivers are required of ALL workshop participants. If you have any problems with using our workshop registration site, please let us know.

Guidelines:

Two-Dimensional Instructions:

2D artwork that is matted should be done in a neutral color, such as Black, White or Gray.

2D artwork needs to be hanging ready. o All matted work must be backed. o All canvases must be wired. o All paintings/drawings on board or other large/bulky works must have wire attached, ready to hang.

Packing materials must have the School Packaging Tag attached and visible on the outside of the portfolio/box.

Framed artwork/photos should be ready to hang with wires.

Three-Dimensional Instructions:

All 3D artwork must have

the Inventory Tag fixed to the work or attached via a string tag and

the GalleryTag placed in a small envelope with the school name and assigned school number on the front of the envelope.

All 3D artwork should be properly boxed as if it were shipping by mail. Shipping materials must have the school Inventory Tag securely attached and visible on the outside of the box.